Car mover



Jan. 36, 1940. c. E. PETERSON 2,188,483

CAR MOVER Filed Sept. 26, 1938 INVENTOR, m 5. Pgrmso/v.

TORNEX Patented Jan. 30, 1940 UNIT I STATES PTENT OFFIQE CAR MOVER Carl E. Peterson, Long Beach, Calif. Application September 26, 1938, Serial No. 231,764 2 Claims. (01. 254-38) This invention relates to an improvement in The lower surface I l of the shoe 4 is preferably car movers, and one object of my invention is curved, and a spur I2 is fixedly mounted on the to provide a novel car mover, in which a novel shoe 4 forwardly of the pivot 6. The spur I2 is combination of leverages is applied to the wheel preferably a rectangular bar, which extends 5 of the railroad car for the purpose of moving the transversely of the shoe, and an edge of the bar car. projects downwardly and engages the rail 2 to Another object is to provide a novel car mover prevent retraction of the car mover when in use. in which great leverage can be applied to the In operation, the car mover is first placed in the wheel of the railroad car to effectively move this position shown in Figure 1. On downward movecar with a minimum effort on the part of the ment of the lever 9 by the operator, the shoe H1 10 workman. will rock over the spur l2, thus bringing the A feature of my invention is to provide a novel front end of the shoeinto engagement with the means of holding the car mover against retracwheel of the railroad car, and exerting the force tion while in use, thus enabling the full force against this wheel. When further force is exto be applied to the wheel of the car, and without erted on the lever 9 by the operator, the bar 5 15 any slippage occurring in the car mover. will tend to be swung downwardly, thus pressing Other objects, advantages and features of my the end 7 against the wheel of the railroad car, invention may appear from the accompanying and exerting a further rotative force on the, drawing, the subjoined detailed description, and wheel. As soon as the spur I2 is placed forthe appended claims. wardly of the pivot 6,'a further and effective 20 In the drawing leverage is provided, so that the operator can Figure 1 is a side view of the car mover in move a railroad car of great weight. operative position. Having described my invention, I claim:

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the car mover. 1. A car mover including a shoe adapted to Figure 3 is a side elevation of the lever. rest on a railroad rail, the surface of the shoe 25 Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the adapted to rest on the rail being convexly curved front portion of the base. from the front to the rear thereof, a main oper- Referring more particularly to the drawing, ating lever pivotally attached to the rear of the the numeral l indicates the wheel of the railroad shoe, a bar pivotally mounted in the shoe and car, which is to be moved, this wheel resting on arranged below the operating lever, the forward n the usual rail 2. The car mover 3 consists of end of said bar being adapted to engage a wheel a base casting orshoe 4. The front end of the of the car, a link connecting the operating lever shoe 4 is tapered so that it extends under the and the bar andpivotally attached to each, and wheel'l, substantially asshown in Figure 1. The a spur on the shoe, said spur being positioned forward end of the shoe acts as a pinch bar to forwardly of the bar pivot.

assist in moving the wheel I, as will be further 2. A car mover including a shoe adapted to described. A bar 5 is pivotally attached at 6 to rest on a railroad rail, the surface of the shoe the base 4that is a pin extends through the adapted to rest on the rail being convexly curved base and through the bar, thus providing a bearfrom the front to the rear thereof, a main oper- 10 ing for the bar. The forward end of the bar 5 is ating lever pivotally attached to the rear of the 40 preferably turned upwardly, as shown at 1, so shoe, 2. bar pivotally mounted in the shoe and that the bar will more effectively engage the rim arranged below the operating lever, said shoe of the wheel l. The shoe 4 is bifurcated, as being bifurcated and adapted to receive the bar shown at 9, thereby receiving the bar 5 between between the bifurcations, a pivot pin extending the bifurcations, and permitting the shoe and through the shoe and the bar, the forward end the bar to act in substantial alignment on the of said bar being adapted to engage a wheel of 0 wheel of the railroad car when moving the same. the car, a link connecting the operating lever A main lever 9 is pivotally attached to the rear and the bar and pivotally attached to each, and end of the shoe 4. A link l0 extends from the a spur on the shoe, said spur being positioned main lever 9 to the rear end of the bar 5, and forwardly of the bar pivot.

is pivotally connected to both the lever and the 0 bar. CARL E. PETERSON. 

